JEA Membership Categories


Teacher/Adviser Member - $95

Teacher/adviser members shall be media advisers and educators of public, private and parochial schools, community colleges, schools or departments of journalism in universities or teachers’ colleges.

Teacher/adviser members may vote on election of officers, regional directors and commission chairs, and on referendums, shall receive all publications of the association and are entitled to all services provided by the association.

Administrator/Non-teacher Member - $95

Administrator/non-teacher members shall be school superintendents, curriculum specialists, principals, assistant principals, librarians, CTE coordinators and other educators who are not classroom teachers of public, private and parochial schools, community colleges, schools or departments of journalism in universities or teachers’ colleges.

Administrator/non-teacher members shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, vote, hold office, nominate, candidates for office and propose actions or programs.

Associate Member - $90

Associate Members shall be individuals outside the field of education who have a strong personal interest in journalism and support of its aims including, but not limited to, professional practicing journalists in all media and employees of commercial firms providing sales or services to journalism teachers. Associate members shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates for office nor propose actions or programs.

College Student Member - $25

College student members shall be students majoring or minoring in journalism, education or related fields. Student members shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates for office nor propose actions or programs.

Honorary Member

Honorary members shall be persons devoted to the interest of successfully promoting secondary school journalism and its related fields. All presidents, upon completion of one full term of office, and all Carl Towley award winners shall become honorary members for life. Other honorary members may be elected for life by the board of directors. Honorary members shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings and conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates, actions or programs, except that those who were previously teacher/adviser members shall retain all rights of that membership.

Institutional Member - $115

Institutional Members shall be:

  • All public and private libraries
  • Regional, state and national press associations
  • Departments of journalism in community colleges and universities whether public, private or parochial.
  • Commercial press associations, book, yearbook, magazine or newspaper publishers.
  • All firms, organizations and agencies engaged in the production of graphic arts or advertising.
  • Television and radio stations.
  • Educational or philanthropic foundations.

The designated representative of institutions shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, but shall not vote nor hold office nor nominate candidates for office nor propose actions or programs.

This is not a site license for journalism educators at a school. Journalism educators should purchase individual teacher/adviser memberships, listed above.

Affiliate Organization Member - $115

Affiliate Members shall be state or regional scholastic press or adviser associations or student collegiate chapters. The designated representative of affiliate organizations shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, with rights to vote, hold office, nominate candidates for office or propose actions or programs.

Emeritus Teacher/Adviser - $35

This category includes retired teachers or advisers who are still interested in scholastic journalism, unless they are employed by commercial firms providing sales and services to journalism teachers and publications advisers or are engaged in other commercial enterprises, which might represent a conflict of interest.

Retired Teacher/Adviser members shall receive all JEA publications, may participate in meetings or conferences, vote, hold office, nominate, candidates for office and propose actions or programs.

Lifetime - $799*

A money saver for a long-term teacher/adviser membership.

JEA members wanting to take advantage of the lifetime teacher/adviser rate will receive a bonus incentive if they become a lifetime member through June 30, 2024. In celebration of JEA's 2024 centennial, new lifetime members will save $100, paying only $799.

*Beginning July 1, 2024, the lifetime member/teacher rate will be $899.

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